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Ch. 13 QUIZ

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is named for the Iberians, its earliest inhabitants   Iberian Peninsula  
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founded by the Phoenicians which became a large, prosperous city in the ancient world of the Iberian Peninsula and still exists today   Cádiz  
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The Romans called their territory what?   Hispania (Spain)  
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the great center of Moorish culture, and Spain's capital at the time, thrived with a population of nearly half a million people   Cordova  
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the most famous of the Moors' fortified palaces called alcazars   Alhambra  
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the crusade of Spain to take Spain back from the Moors   Reconquista  
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the most powerful kingdom and led the other kingdoms in conquering the northern half of Spain   castile  
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the Spanish national hero   El Cid  
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The Moors were driven to where in SOUTHERN Spain?   Granada  
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What kingdom ruled the EASTERN part of the Iberian Peninsula?   Aragon  
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What prince and princess united the two chief kingdoms of Spain?   Ferdinand and Isabella  
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In what year did the Moors compel Granada to surrender?   1492  
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Italian navigator dispatched by Ferdinand and Isabella to find a new route to the East Indies; his discovery of the New World inaugurated Spain's "golden century"   Christopher Columbus  
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a brilliant Spanish scholar who wrote a grammar book for the Castilians' language that became the basis for the modern Spanish tongue   Antonio de Nebrija  
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Ferdinand and Isabella began what infamous fight to root up and destroy all "heretics" in Spain?   Spanish Inquisition  
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the first Grand Inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition, became synonymous with cruelty and torture   Torquemada  
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Some of the Phoenicians and Greeks who came to the Iberian Peninsula settled where?   Portugal  
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The Romans renamed Portugal what?   Lusitania  
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Under whom did Portugal become an independent nation? He was also crowned the first king of Portugal.   Alfonso Henriques  
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King Alfonso Henriques made what as the capital of Portugal?   Lisbon  
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Modern European civilization was also sometimes called what?   Western civilization  
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time when the nations of Europe began in the earnest to explore distant lands across uncharted areas   Age of Exploration  
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a revival of European interest in trade with the East   Orient  
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a device used to determine navigational location by measuring the angles of celestial bodies above the horizon   Astrolabe  
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the son of an Italian merchant who accompanied his father and uncle on a trip to China   Marco Polo  
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T/F: Finding a sea route to the Far East thus became a major objective of the Age of Exploration.   T  
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the first European to reach the Far East by sea   Vasco de Gama  
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